This course gives you easy access to the invaluable learning techniques used by experts in art, music, literature, math, science, sports, and many other disciplines. We’ll learn about the how the brain uses two very different learning modes and how it encapsulates (“chunks”) information. We’ll also cover illusions of learning, memory techniques, dealing with procrastination, and best practices shown by research to be most effective in helping you master tough subjects.
Using these approaches, no matter what your skill levels in topics you would like to master, you can change your thinking and change your life. If you’re already an expert, this peep under the mental hood will give you ideas for: turbocharging successful learning, including counter-intuitive test-taking tips and insights that will help you make the best use of your time on homework and problem sets. If you’re struggling, you’ll see a structured treasure trove of practical techniques that walk you through what you need to do to get on track. If you’ve ever wanted to become better at anything, this course will help serve as your guide.
This course can be taken independent of, concurrent with, or prior to, its companion course, Mindshift. (Learning How to Learn is more learning focused, and Mindshift is more career focused.)
To join the fully translated Portuguese version of the course, visit: https://www.coursera.org/learn/aprender
To join the fully translated Spanish version of the course, visit: https://www.coursera.org/learn/aprendiendo-a-aprender
To join the fully translated Chinese version of the course, visit: https://www.coursera.org/learn/ruhe-xuexi

JS

I really appreciate the time these guys invested in this course and am willing to take it again if they re-explain some topics in order to refresh some things that with time haven't stayed in my mind.

KG

Feb 04, 2016

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I specially like the optional interviews. These learning case studies are quite insightful and you might just find a something that you can relate to, which might help in the grand scheme of things :)

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Renaissance Learning and Unlocking Your Potential

In this module we’re going to talk more about important ideas and techniques that will enhance your ability to learn. You’ll also discover how to more profitably interact with fellow learners, how to recognize your own strengths, and how to avoid the “imposter syndrome.” Fighter pilots and surgeons use checklists to help them with their critical duties—you can use a similar checklist to help you prepare for tests. Ultimately, you will learn more about the joys of living a life filled with learning!

Ministrado por

Dr. Barbara Oakley

Dr. Terrence Sejnowski

Francis Crick Professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Transcrição

Welcome to the last video of learning how to learn. If you're still listening to us, then you've come all the way through the course, and may remember at the beginning, I said that brains do not come with an instruction manual. So, we have to write one ourselves, and that was one of our goals. In this final video, we want to tell you how much we've enjoyed teaching and learning. We've learned from you, as we hope you've learned from us. The truth is, you've always been in the driver's seat, when it comes to your own learning. But now that you have a better feeling for what's under your neuralhood, you could use this to help you learn new things all during your lifetime. What we're hoping is that, as the days and months will pass, you'll continue to bring to mind some of the key ideas you've learned in the course. Approaches such as switching your mode of thinking from focused to diffuse, can help reduce your frustration, and allow for more creative problem-solving. Strengthening your chunking, can give you a firmer grasp of the material. Even seemingly tiny changes in your daily approach to your work using the Pomodoro technique for example, can make a dramatic long-term difference in your learning and in your ultimate success. Learning is so vitally important to our future, that most of us spent 12 to 16 of our earliest years of our lives in school, culminating in high school or college. But the focus in formal education is on the product of learning, not the process of learning. In this course, we've tried to give you a better sense of the learning process. Although this is our last video, we hope it's not our last chance to influence you. You have not truly learned something unless you can teach it to others. Teach those ideas to others, and you will find that they will continue to resonate and deepen in your own mind. We hope you'll also have discovered how powerful these ideas can be in helping you broaden your interest, passion and expertise. Many people believe that what they're initially, sort of naturally good at, is what they're supposed to be doing in life. But I myself am living proof that passions can broaden, change, and grow. The world is evolving and abroad toolkit, that allows you to learn effectively in many different subject areas as one of the most powerful assets you can have. Best of luck in your life of learning. Congrats.